Read About Two Texas Women Denied Health Care Because Of The New Anti-Abortion Law

[TexasTowelie]

KUT has a very important report today from Bryan-College Station, where the local Planned Parenthood clinic closed in August due to Texas' extreme new anti-abortion law. KUT spoke to two women who can no longer find local health care because of the closure. A full 97 percent of Planned Parenthood's services are non-abortion services millions of women across the country depend on for their health.

Bryan resident Cadence King had been going to Bryan's Planned Parenthood since 1998, where doctors treated pre-cancerous cells in her cervix. She had "regular checkups over the years to monitor her condition and make sure it wasn't progressing". Since the clinic closed on August 1, King has had to miss two scheduled appointments and still can't find a new provider.

"I'm probably up against that window right now. There are some decisions that I need to make. And sticking your head in the sand is only good for so long," King said.

A college group called Pro-Life Aggies ran a full-page ad in the local newspaper listing alternatives for women who depended on the Planned Parenthood clinic. This "pro-life" group listed doctors that weren't taking new patients, didn't deal with women's health, or were only for foot and eye care.

More at http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/14078/read-about-two-texas-women-denied-health-care-because-of-the-new-antiabortion-law .

[gopiscrap]

1. fucking assholes call themselves right to life

and yet let everyone else die except a fetus

[Vogon_Glory]

2. There Are Going To Be Thousands And Thousands More Texas Women Just Like Ms King

There are going to be thousands and thousands more Texas women just like Ms King as women's clinics across the state as anti-abortion fanatics caper and cheer and the sectarian leaders bless them for their zealotry.

I would hope that these clinics' former patients would reward the politicians pushing such actions by going to the polls next year and throw them out of office, but fortunately for Texas Republicans, too many people who don't vote haven't figured out how Republican policies hurt them personally.